Great article. Would like to see this become a reality. I'm not so sure about this idea though, if Microsoft would ever take this path, it'll probably be far f

Great article. Would like to see this become a reality. I'm not so sure about this idea though, if Microsoft would ever take this path, it'll probably be far far in the future. I think Microsoft releases and Edge version for Linux in an attempt to get Linux users on board to use their products. People using this will probably be less reluctant to try other Microsoft products as well. Edge is based on Chromium, which is already Linux native. It probably took Microsoft minimal effort to release a Linux binary as well, making this a win-win situation for them. Now to strengthen that argument; Microsoft did not release any other enduser software for native Linux yet, such as Office or other Windowws native tools. At least, I'm not aware of any. Maybe this is something they'll take on in the future, only one can dream. Now I know there's .NET Core and PowerShell, but I'd hardly call that enduser software. At the same time they're working on various things that seem like a vender-lockin. I'll give two examples. The first is the Windows/Microsoft Store and UWP. More and more applications (and AAA games) are released through this store as UWP apps. These UWP apps (and the store) cannot be emulated (yes I know Wine is not an emulator) on a Linux host at this moment and function as a DRM layer, nor do I think this will happen anytime soon. As second example, take DirectX. Microsoft recently showed plans for supporting DirectX on Linux (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-heart-linux/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/directx-heart-linux/). There's a catch though, this only works on Linux in WSL, locking you to a Microsoft Windows host. It seems to me, these aren't here to enhance Linux, nor to brighten the path to start using Linux more under the hood. These things only appeal to Windows users, and it rather seems like Microsoft is attempting to lock users to Windows hosts to me. Obviously I don't know where they're headed. I sure hope more and more Windows software will become usable on a Linux host, and I like the idea of Windows using Linux as true kernel. This might sound like a rant, but it's not intended to be. Just wanted to extend yourarticle with these notes so everybody can come up with their own ideas on this topic. By the way, the comment box on your website seems broken.